: tuxedo

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Her boyfriend, music executive Alexander Edwards, wore an unconventional tux consisting of a double-breasted blazer and a white button-down with a Peter Pan collar. Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025 Benson Boone, a 22-year-old glam rocker, got his tux torn off and then executed flips in a glistening bodysuit; Raye, a 27-year-old hip-hop–soul fusionist from the U.K., crooned and scatted with remarkable finesse in front of an old-timey bandstand. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025 Benson Boone, sitting in the audience, pulled a live mic from his suit pocket, and got his tux stripped off by Heidi Klum and Nikki Glaser, revealing a blue jumpsuit that went perfectly with his fuzzy mustache. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025 Sabrina Carpenter’s Oopsie-Daisy Sabrina Carpenter Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic Stepping out in a glittery tux carrying (and promptly dropping) a sparkly dance cane, Sabrina Carpenter staged a classic Hollywood musical number as a blooper reel, complete with a full-troupe tap routine. Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tux

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tux was in 1922

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“Tux.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tux. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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tux

noun
: tuxedo
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